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                    [Title] => Pasay hostage ‘rescuers’ back in service
                    [Summary] => Thirteen of the 22 Pasay City policemen who took part in the botched hostage rescue of a four-year-old boy last May are now back in service.


Pasay police chief Senior Superintendent Oscar Catalan said the 13 policemen have been re-assigned to other positions and started performing their duties last week.

"They have been assigned to different Police Community Precincts (PCPs) and other offices of the Pasay police," Catalan said in a telephone interview.
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A ranking police official, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the policemen, led by relieved Pasay City police chief Superintendent Eduardo de la Cerna, collectively raised the money for the boy’s impoverished parents Darius and Salvacion Balala.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620752 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon and Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166984 [Title] => Pasay cops paid P250,000 to family of slain hostage? [Summary] => The Pasay City policemen who were involved in the botched rescue attempt that resulted in the death of four-year-old hostage victim Dexter Balala allegedly paid his parents P250,000 in "blood money."

A ranking police official, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the policemen, led by relieved Pasay City police chief Superintendent Eduardo de la Cerna, collectively raised the money for the boy’s impoverished parents Darius and Salvacion Balala.
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But all eight security guards of the Philtranco bus terminal in Malibay where the May 31 hostage drama took place, failed to appear on the first day of the preliminary investigation.
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Southern Police District (SPD) director Chief Superintendent Jose Gutierrez said the policemen and security guards were charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide only for the death of four-year-old hostage Dexter Balala because only the boy’s family filed a complaint.
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This developed as the PNP Internal Affairs Service (IAS) directed yesterday 19 of the policemen to submit counter-affidavits on the incident that resulted in the death of four-year-old Dexter Balala and hostage taker Dio-medes Talbo.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 162957 [Title] => Cops bungle hostage crisis [Summary] => A young mother watched helplessly as a drug-crazed man repeatedly stabbed her frail four-year-old son in a real-life hostage drama shown on early morning television which also showed how policemen bungled a possible rescue attempt. [DatePublished] => 2002-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159895 [Title] => 12-anyos na pasyente hinalay ng sikyu [Summary] => Isang guwardiya ang dinakip ng pulisya matapos umano nitong gahasain ang isang 12-anyos na nene na pasyente sa pinaglilingkuran nitong ospital sa Pasay City kahapon ng madaling araw. Kinilala ni Chief Inspector Reynaldo Baral, hepe ng Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Pasay City Police ang biktima na itinago sa pangalang Bella... [DatePublished] => 2002-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148616 [Title] => Carnap vehicle parts traced to secondhand motor dealers [Summary] => It was supposed to be just petty thievery but at the rate it is going in Pasay City, it may even be instrumental in acquitting murderers, kidnappers and the likes.

Seized vehicles evidence in cases pending in Pasay City courts are slowly finding their way, part by part, to secondhand car parts dealers, and worse, right under the noses of Pasay City policemen themselves.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
CHIEF INSPECTOR REYNALDO BARAL
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                    [Title] => Pasay hostage ‘rescuers’ back in service
                    [Summary] => Thirteen of the 22 Pasay City policemen who took part in the botched hostage rescue of a four-year-old boy last May are now back in service.


Pasay police chief Senior Superintendent Oscar Catalan said the 13 policemen have been re-assigned to other positions and started performing their duties last week.

"They have been assigned to different Police Community Precincts (PCPs) and other offices of the Pasay police," Catalan said in a telephone interview.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166877 [Title] => Pasay cops paid P250,000 to family of slain hostage? [Summary] => The Pasay City policemen who were involved in the botched rescue attempt that resulted in the death of four-year-old hostage victim Dexter Balala allegedly paid his parents P250,000 in "blood money."

A ranking police official, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the policemen, led by relieved Pasay City police chief Superintendent Eduardo de la Cerna, collectively raised the money for the boy’s impoverished parents Darius and Salvacion Balala.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620752 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon and Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166984 [Title] => Pasay cops paid P250,000 to family of slain hostage? [Summary] => The Pasay City policemen who were involved in the botched rescue attempt that resulted in the death of four-year-old hostage victim Dexter Balala allegedly paid his parents P250,000 in "blood money."

A ranking police official, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the policemen, led by relieved Pasay City police chief Superintendent Eduardo de la Cerna, collectively raised the money for the boy’s impoverished parents Darius and Salvacion Balala.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620752 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon and Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164678 [Title] => Security guards snub prosecutors’ hearing [Summary] => Only four of the 21 Pasay City policemen submitted yesterday afternoon their counter-affidavits to the panel of state prosecutors in response to the homicide charges filed against them by the Southern Police District for the death of hostage victim Dexter Balala.

But all eight security guards of the Philtranco bus terminal in Malibay where the May 31 hostage drama took place, failed to appear on the first day of the preliminary investigation.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163695 [Title] => 21 Pasay cops, 8 guards charged [Summary] => Police filed yesterday with the Pasay City prosecutors’ office homicide charges against 21 Pasay policemen and eight security guards of the Philtranco bus terminal for their involvement in a bungled hostage rescue last week.

Southern Police District (SPD) director Chief Superintendent Jose Gutierrez said the policemen and security guards were charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide only for the death of four-year-old hostage Dexter Balala because only the boy’s family filed a complaint.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163613 [Title] => Cops in hostage face homicide raps [Summary] => The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to file homicide charges today against 21 Pasay City policemen, including Senior Superintendent Eduardo de la Cerna, for their part in the bungled hostage-taking incident last Friday.

This developed as the PNP Internal Affairs Service (IAS) directed yesterday 19 of the policemen to submit counter-affidavits on the incident that resulted in the death of four-year-old Dexter Balala and hostage taker Dio-medes Talbo.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 162957 [Title] => Cops bungle hostage crisis [Summary] => A young mother watched helplessly as a drug-crazed man repeatedly stabbed her frail four-year-old son in a real-life hostage drama shown on early morning television which also showed how policemen bungled a possible rescue attempt. [DatePublished] => 2002-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159895 [Title] => 12-anyos na pasyente hinalay ng sikyu [Summary] => Isang guwardiya ang dinakip ng pulisya matapos umano nitong gahasain ang isang 12-anyos na nene na pasyente sa pinaglilingkuran nitong ospital sa Pasay City kahapon ng madaling araw. Kinilala ni Chief Inspector Reynaldo Baral, hepe ng Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Pasay City Police ang biktima na itinago sa pangalang Bella... [DatePublished] => 2002-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148616 [Title] => Carnap vehicle parts traced to secondhand motor dealers [Summary] => It was supposed to be just petty thievery but at the rate it is going in Pasay City, it may even be instrumental in acquitting murderers, kidnappers and the likes.

Seized vehicles evidence in cases pending in Pasay City courts are slowly finding their way, part by part, to secondhand car parts dealers, and worse, right under the noses of Pasay City policemen themselves.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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